Kick up your hummus with a bit of sweet and spicy in this easy-to-prepare Sriracha Hummus.

When I first got my home, I bought a lot of kitchen gizmos without knowing anything about what I wanted. Most of what I chose was based on looks. It looked pretty. It looked nice. Blah. Blah. Blah.
That’s how I ended up with our retro stainless no-frills blender. After a few smoothies, I realized how pathetic my new blender was. Luckily, I didn’t use it much and I hid it in the cupboard.
Fast forward a few years and a few kids later and that pathetic blender is even more pathetic. Every time I made the kids a smoothie, the darn thing would get stuck and leak – from the bottom. I had to disassemble the pitcher and wash it after each use because the parts would get gross on me if I didn’t. It was a chore.
I got grumpy. I stopped using the blender. I started doing research on new ones. I published a cookbook. I forgot about the new blender I needed. Then last summer my kids repeatedly asked for smoothies and I hauled out the crummy blender and cursed at it. Oh yeah, my blender sucks.
Repeat grumpy cycle.
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So you can imagine my enthusiasm when the folks at Ninja Blender asked me if I wanted to try out their blender. Perfect timing! I figured ANYTHING was better than my old one.
I started using it with simple stuff, like a simple smoothie for the kids. Holy Crap! This sucker is super powerful! What would take my old blender 3-5 minutes to blend, took my Ninja less than 20 seconds.
Let me repeat: LESS THAN 20 SECONDS.
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“This is so cool!” the kids cried out.
The Ninja has a big pitcher with these crazy blades. Also included are various smoothie canisters of different sizes. The 32-ouncer is the perfect size for mixing up smoothies for my 3 kids.
The power that this thing kicks out is mind-blowing. It chops up ice and frozen strawberries in seconds. It’s 1300 watts of power will make you a believer, too!
For the past month we have been enjoying smoothies, piña coladas and countless other blended treats. I am totally in love with my new blender.
I was inspired to go beyond the smoothie and made this Sriracha Hummus with it.

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Sriracha Hummus
Ingredients
- 17 oz garbanzo beans canned, drained and rinsed
- ⅓ cup tahini
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoon water
- 2 garlic cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cilantro dried, divided
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- In a food processor or powerful blender, purée garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, water, garlic, salt and ½ teaspoon cilantro until smooth.
- Spread hummus into a shallow serving bowl and garnish with Sriracha, olive oil and remaining cilantro.
- Serve chilled or at room temperature.
Notes
Nutrition
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Written by Laura Bashar
Hi, I’m Laura, a certified professional cook and cookbook author living in San Diego. I have been sharing my family’s favorite recipes inspired from all over the world since 2008. Let’s cook up something fun!
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Well, of course I want to make your Siracha hummus! And it would be great to have this to make green smoothies in the morning to help replace my morning caffeinated beverage…. you know the whole getting healthy thing!
I would make a strawberry banana smoothie.
I would work on making more delicious recipes from scratch – your hummus looks amazing! crossing fingers!
I would make fruit and veggie smoothies!
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I would make lots of soups! I’ve been living without a good blender for too long!
I would make a smoothie first. Thanks for the giveaway.
Our old blender can’t make ‘real’ frozen drinks – if we were to receive this Ninja blender the absolute first thing we would whip is batch of margaritas!
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I would have to say that I would love to make potato soup in it .
Soooo want to win a Ninja blender and make the hummus. P.s. Having trouble with your submit buttons. Already follow you on Twitter. Following Family Spice and Food Styling on Pinterest. Also already following Ninja Blender System on Twitter =)
Thanks for letting me know. I was wondering if this new widget was worth it or not. Going back to old-fashion comments. You are entered – thanks!
I am married to an artist. Forget how things works, it better look good. LOL
ha ha! That’s hilarious! It’s broken but damn it looks good! I think that’s why I got my first blender. It was retro and cool looking.
My husband of many decades is a retired engineer and self-appointed kitchen analyst. I too deal with a slow, puny blender that frequently leaks from the bottom and have been put off by the cost of replacing it with a Vitamix. It sounds like I should investigate the Ninja line of products.
Great story! My brother is an engineer, but I don’t have to live with him 🙂 I’m sold on the Ninja and am so happy to hear it’s engineer approved!
hahaha, I can TOTALLY imagine your husband doing that!
My father was an engingeer and so is my brother. I totally, completely, 100% get it.
Lovely hummus [which I eat by the bucketload] which I’ll unfortunately have to make in a far simpler blender than the Ninja residing on the wrong side of the Pond as I do!
I was once married to an engineer and I never needed anything new because he would fix it. My washer had industrial controls on it as he was an instrumentation geek. He was clever but I wanted a new washer. 🙂
Your new blender sounds really cool. 20 seconds isn’t a long time to make kids healthy in the morning.